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Doty-Perez v. Doty-Perez (II)
Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One | 245 Ariz. 229 | Filed July 31, 2018 CHIEF JUDGE THUMMA, opinion of the court (footnotes omitted): P1 In this family law case, Tonya L. Doty-Perez (Tonya) appeals from an order finding Arizona Revised Statute (A.R.S) section 25-409(C)(2) (2018) unconstitutional as applied. For the reasons that follow, […]
Doty-Perez v. Doty-Perez (I)
Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One | 241 Ariz. 372 | Filed December 29, 2016 JUDGE THOMPSON, opinion of the court (footnotes omitted): P1 Appellant, Susan M. Doty-Perez (Susan), seeks reversal of the family court’s order denying her request to be declared a legal parent of four children legally adopted by her ex-spouse while […]
Chapman v. Hopkins
Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One | 243 Ariz. 236 | Filed October 12, 2017 JUDGE HOWE, opinion of the court (footnotes omitted): P1 In this special action proceeding, Gia Chapman (“Mother”) challenges the family court’s ruling affirming ex-parte temporary orders giving her parents (“Grandparents”) sole legal decision-making authority and sole parenting time for […]
Crosby-Garbotz v. Fell in and for County of Pima
Supreme Court of Arizona Ι 246 Ariz. 54 Ι Filed February 5, 2019 CHIEF JUSTICE BALES, opinion of the Court: ¶1 Issue preclusion, also known as collateral estoppel, precludes relitigating an issue of fact in a later case when, in a previous case, the same issue was “actually litigated, a final judgment was entered, and […]
McLaughlin v. Jones Amicus Curiae Brief of Arizona Family Law Practitioners
Supreme Court of Arizona. Kimberly MCLAUGHLIN, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Lori B. JONES, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Pima, Respondent Judge. Suzan MCLAUGHLIN, Respondent Real Party in Interest. No. CV-16-0266-PR. May 17, 2017. Appeal from the Court of Appeals, Division 2 Cause No. 2-CA-SA […]